Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong stated that Australia is well positioned to support Asean’s efforts to maintain regional peace and stability amidst the great power rivalry between the United States and China in South-east Asia.
Australia is well positioned to support Asean ’s efforts to maintain regional peace and stability as the great power rivalry between the United States and China plays out in South-east Asia, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on March 6.
“Both Australia and Asean are doing our best to preserve regional peace and stability because we know full well that conflict in the region would affect us directly, and undermine the progress and development that has taken us decades to achieve,” he said.Individual countries are in turn positioning themselves in the hope of gaining benefit or to avoid being “caught in between”. “But despite different strategic situations and perspectives, regional countries all share an interest in the peace and prosperity of South-east Asia and the broader Asia-Pacific region,” said PM Le
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